Non-refillable bottle.



J. S. GREAVES.

NON-RBPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1911.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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JOHN s. enmvns, or NEGLEY, OHIO.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed J 'une 15, 1 11.

Patented Sept. 1'7, 1912.

Serial No. 633,326. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. GREAVES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Negley, in the county of Columbiana, State of bio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXactdescription of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles of that type includingmeans for permitting of the contents of the bottle to be poured out butpreventing the replenishing of the bottle.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a bottle of thistype which is composed of a minimum number of parts, is therefore simplein construction, and is cheap to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimhereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, with in the scope ofthe claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a sectional view of the head and neck of thebottle showing that portion of the bottle in its normal or verticalposition. Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the parts in an invertedposition. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the cork stopper, and Fig. 4is a detail sectional view.

Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the invention comprises a bottle 5 formed ofglass and having an enlarged head 6 and a contracted neck 7 The lowerhalf of the wall 8 of the head is thicker in cross section than theupper portion. The head 6 is provided with the usual mouth 9, and theinner face of the upper portion of the wall 8 extends inwardly from themouth 9 to form a seat 10, upon which is adapted to rest a glass stopper11, said stopper having a diameter slightly less than the diameter ofthe mouth 9.

and a bottom 14. Formed in the head di- 1 rectly below the recess 12 andabove the contracted neck 7 is a second recess 15, which communicateswith the recess 12. Formed in the neck 7 is a valve seat 16 whichcommunicates with the recess 12, and a port 17 is also formed in theneck which communicates with the seat 16 and with the interior of thebottle 5. Seated upon the valveseat 16 is a valve 18 of cork or othersuitable material, and this valve includes a head 19. An opening 20 iscentrally formed in the glass stopper 11, and disposed therein is oneend 21 of a valve stem 22, the lower end 23' thereof beingscrew-threaded for engagement with a head 24, the latter normallybearing upon the head 19 of the valve 18 to keep the latter in itsclosed position. The upper end of the stem 22 is secured to the glassstopper 11 by any suitable means. Disposed within the recess 12 is acylindrical stopper 25 of cork or other suitable material. This cork isof a size to tightly fill the recess 12, and is provided with aplurality of spaced openings 2626, the axis of said openings beingdisposed in planes parallel to the axis of the stopper. These openings26 register with the recess 15 and with the mouth 9 when the glassstopper 11 is unseated.

In assembling these parts, the valve 18 is first positioned upon itsseat 16. The stem 22 which is carried by the glass stopper 11 is theninserted through the central opening formed in the cork stopper 25, andthe head 24 is then attached to the lower end 23 of said stem. Theseparts are then inserted through the mouth 9 of the head, and the corkstopper 25 is forced past the seat 10 and into the recess 12, theshoulder 13 and the bottom 14 respectively preventing any tendency ofthe stopper 25 to move either up or down. In this position the glassstopper 11 will be disposed upon the seat 10 and the head 24 will abutthe head 19 of the valve 18, and thereby hold it upon its seat. When,however, it is desired to pour the contents from the bottle, the bottleis inverted, or at least partially so. The glass stopper 11 will, bygravity, move outwardly toward the mouth 9, and carry with it the head24, thereby releasing the valve 18 and permitting the contents fromthe-bottle to flow through the port 1'1, through the valve seat 16, intothe recess 15, through the openings 26 of the cork stopper 25, outaround the glass stopper 11 and thence through the mouth 9 of thebottle, projecting through .neck enlarged adjacent the mouth thereof,

said neck being contracted adjacent the bottom, said contracted portionbeing flared at its upper end producing a valve seat, and

or the said neck having an annular interior groove formed between theenlarged and I contracted portions thereof, of a stopper Copies of thispatent may be obtained for held within the said annular groove, saidstopper having a central and surrounding openings, a valve stem movablethrough the central opening, a valve engaging the valve seat,a headcarried by the valve stem and engaging the valve, and a stopper carriedby the valve stem, said stopper being disposed in the enlarged portionof the neck and being of a diameter larger than the diameter of themedial portions of the neck whereby the said second mentioned stopperwill engage the interior of the enlarged portion of the neck in spacedrelation to the first mentioned stopper. a

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signa-" ture, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN s.- GREAVES.

Witnesses MAUDE A. CALVIN, i o l i T.

MARTHA CALVIN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington,D. G.

